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A Mr. Tire employee is recovering from first- and second-degree burns after a car fire broke out in the Parkville auto repair shop Friday.
County fire officials responded to the shop in the 7700 block of Harford Road at around 3:50 p.m. where they saw smoke and flames in the front of the building, and found that a man had suffered burns, according to a release from the department.
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April 28, 2009
First quarter red ink at ACL
American Commercial Lines Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLI) has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. Revenues. at $196.8 million, showed a 27.2% decrease compared with $270.5 million for the first quarter of 2008. Transportation revenue fell by 24.1% and manufacturing revenue (Jeffboat) fell by 45.0% on fewer units sold.
Net loss for the quarter was was $5.5 million or $0.11 per share compared to net income of $2.3 million or $0.05 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2008. Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) for the first quarter of 2009 was $13.1 million with an EBITDA margin of 6.7% compared to $23.0 million for the first quarter of 2008 with an EBITDA margin of 8.5%.
Results for the first quarter of 2009 included after tax severance and Houston office closure expenses of $2.4 million or $0.05 per share, higher after tax interest costs of $1.1 million or $0.02 per share and after tax charges of $0.4 million or $0.01 per share related to a customer's bankruptcy filing. Results for the first quarter of 2008 included an after tax benefit of $1.3 million or $0.03 per diluted share related to the decision not to withdraw from a multi-employer pension plan and an after tax charge of $0.7 million or $0.01 per diluted share related to a reduction in force ("RIF") in that period.
"The sustained weakness in the economy negatively impacted our results, from a volume and profitability perspective, in what is typically the least profitable quarter of each year," said President and CEO Michael P. Ryan. "We had significantly lower backhaul demand from the Gulf and a higher mix of lower margin commodity shipments when compared to the prior year. We made progress in our manufacturing segment as we produced an 11.7% manufacturing operating margin compared to 5.2% in the prior year, surpassing the operating income level from the prior year period by $0.8 million on revenues that were $28.8 million lower.
"We continued to focus on the elements of our business that we can control and that we believe will position us for sustainable profitability," said Mr. Ryan. "We continue to work to increase our boat productivity in the service lanes that we believe have the highest profit potential, not only as a necessary strategy in the existing demand environment but to position us for improved performance when demand recovers. Despite disappointing industry demand, which particularly impacted our bulk and liquids business, we generated $25 million of cash flow from operations. We finished the quarter with approximately $40 million in available liquidity under our credit facility as we continue to challenge every dollar we spend."
He said that a March 2009 reduction inf orce and Houston office closure cost $0.05 per share in the first quarter but is expected to generate more than $10 million in annualized savings, which together with other productivity and cost control initiatives, such as a 2009 wage and salary freeze, will position the company for increased profitability in a more normal economic environment."
Transportation Results
The transportation segment's revenues were $155.5 million in the first quarter of 2009, a decrease of 24.1% over the first quarter of the prior year. The revenue decrease was driven by a 10.7% decline in ton-mile volume and 20.3% lower pricing on affreightment contracts. Slightly more than a quarter of the affreightment rate decrease was attributable to fuel de-escalation in our contracts and the remainder was due to lower average fuel-neutral rates per ton-mile. The lower rates were driven by a revenue mix shift into lower margin products. Higher margin liquid and bulk affreightment volumes decreased 47.2% and 26.3% respectively, from the prior year, while lower margin grain and coal volume increased 11.6% and 14.1%, respectively. On average, compared to the first quarter of 2008, the fuel-neutral rate decreased 14.8%. Total affreightment volume measured in ton-miles declined in the first quarter of 2009 to 8.9 billion from 10.0 billion in the same period of the prior year. The average number of liquid barges in charter/day rate service decreased in the first quarter by 23 barges over the prior year quarter.
The transportation segment's operating loss in the quarter was $3.4 million compared to operating income of $6.4 million in 2008. Included in the transportation segment 2009 first quarter operating income results are the $4.0 million cost of the 2009 reduction in force and Houston sales office closure and $0.7 million related to the bankruptcy filing of a customer. The first quarter of 2008 included the benefit of the reversal of $2.1 million related to the represented employee pension buy out and the cost impact of a RIF of $1.2 million. Excluding these non-comparable items, operating ratios for 2009 and 2008 were 99.1% and 97.3%, respectively.
The deterioration in the operating ratio between years was primarily attributable to the impact of lower overall volume. The deterioration in the ratio was also exacerbated by the commodity mix shift into grain and coal. The decline in bulk volumes also lowered backhaul percentages which negatively impacted margin. Weather related impacts were not as significant in 2009. Vessel employee compensation increased quarter-over-quarter due to multiple market-based 2008 wage increases and higher vessel incentive and share-based compensation accruals in the current year quarter. These negative impacts were partially offset by lower fuel prices and improved productivity and cost control.
Transportation segment selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $1.6 million but included $2.8 million of costs for the Houston office closure and higher RIF-related charges recorded in the first quarter of 2009.
Manufacturing Results
ACL's manufacturing business, Jeffboat, completed 12 and 89 barges during the first quarters of 2009 and 2008, respectively. In the first quarter of 2009, Jeffboat sold 11 liquid tank barges, delivered one liquid tank barge for internal use and substantially completed several special vessels within the loss provisions estimated at the prior year end. In the first quarter of 2008, Jeffboat sold 79 dry hopper barges, 9 liquid tank barges and one special vessel. No barges were built during the 2008 first quarter for internal use by ACL.
Manufacturing revenues were $35.2 million in the first quarter 2009 compared to $64.1 million in the first quarter 2008. Manufacturing operating margin was 11.7% or $4.1 million in the first quarter 2009 compared to 5.2% or $3.3 million in the first quarter 2008. The improvement is attributable to the higher margins on the current year's production of liquid tank barges vs. the prior year production of legacy dry hopper barges and to the improvements in labor productivity.
Cash Flow and Debt
During the first quarter the company had $8.4 million of capital expenditures primarily related to costs of new tank barges begun in the fourth quarter of 2008, boat and barge maintenance and improvements to the shipyard. The Company generated $25.1 million in cash from operations during the quarter compared to a use of cash from operations in the prior year of $8.3 million. The current year cash performance was driven by working capital, including improved management of accounts receivable and the manufacturing segment's inventory, as changes to the manufacturing supply chain generated a $6.0 million reduction in steel inventory. Borrowings under the revolver increased by $13.2 million to $431.7 million primarily due to the $21.2 million cost of the credit facility amendment and capital expenditures partially offset by cash flow from operations. Availability under the amended credit agreement was approximately $40.0 million at March 31, 2009. The company also has the ability to enhance liquidity through sale leaseback and asset sales permitted under the amended credit agreement. ACL remains in compliance with the debt covenants in its credit facility with a leverage ratio, as defined in it bank agreement, of 2.8 compared to the permitted 3.5 leverage.


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When the newly elected Pope John Paul II — formerly Cardinal Karol Jozef Wojtyla — stepped onto the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica on Oct. 16, 1978, history was being made. The first non-Italian pope in nearly 500 years and the youngest (58 years old) in almost as long, he quickly took the reins of the papacy with a confidence and a charisma that captivated the attention of the world. He led the Church for more than 26 years, the second-longest pontificate in history (not including St. Peter, our first pope).
Now, his April 27 canonization — only nine years after his death in 2005 — offers an important opportunity to consider his achievements and legacy. More than two-and-a-half decades in the Chair of St. Peter offered this energetic pope time to accomplish much.
Pope St. John Paul II reminded the Church of its central mission: the proclamation of Jesus Christ to the world. From his very first encyclical letter in which he proclaimed Jesus as "the center of the universe and of history," John Paul produced a massive amount of documents, speeches and books marked by the centrality of Jesus and the redemption he won for humanity.
Besides his words, this pope also provided a striking personal example, traveling to 129 countries to proclaim the Gospel. On each voyage, he made contact with common people — particularly with the young, the sick and the poor — just as effectively as with world leaders. One of his most striking evangelization efforts is the World Youth Day celebrations. Starting with an event in Rome in 1984, he led massive gatherings of young people in such cities as Buenos Aires, Czestochowa, Denver and Sydney. (The 1995 event in Manila brought a gathering of a stunning 5 million people, one of the largest gatherings of people for any reason in history.)
World Youth Day events have been enthusiastically continued by John Paul's successors, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis.
By his intellect, charisma and strong-willed efforts, John Paul II reminded the Church of the importance of fidelity to its doctrinal heritage and brought about a greater attentiveness to the authority of the pope and the Church's magisterium.
One of the most important examples of this is the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in 1992. Called by the pope "a sure norm for teaching the Faith," the catechism also led to other important resources such as the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, YouCat (a catechism for young people), and the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church.
John Paul also published a steady stream of papal encyclicals explaining and exploring almost every important aspect of Church teaching: Jesus, God the Father, the Holy Spirit, Mary, moral theology, Christian unity, human dignity, the Eucharist, Catholic social teaching and more.
John Paul's most lasting effect in terms of geopolitics is the collapse of communism in eastern Europe through a series of mostly peaceful political revolutions that swept the region in 1989. Though he certainly did not achieve this single-handedly, he was a key figure in the unfolding drama.
In June 1979, less than a year after his election, John Paul visited his native Poland. In massive public liturgies and gatherings, he reminded Poles of their long history and Christian heritage (which the Soviet regime had tried to erase). Within a year, the illegal labor union Solidarity was born. Led by shipyard worker Lech Walesa and encouraged by the enthusiastic support of the pope, the union drew the world's attention to the repressive policies of the Soviet Union. The Polish government was forced to negotiate with the union and in early 1989 agreed to free elections.
The momentum of these events, supported by the pope's continual insistence on respect for human rights, led to the political transformation of eastern Europe. By the end of 1991, more than a dozen countries had declared their independence and the Soviet Union was dissolved. This alone "makes him one of the most significant figures in the history of the 20th century," said Richard Spinello, author of several books on John Paul II, in a recent interview with Our Sunday Visitor.
John Paul II paid special attention in his teaching to the Church's doctrines on sexuality, marriage and family. He called a Synod of Bishops on the family in 1980, and the following year founded both the Pontifical Council for the Family and the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, which operates in Washington, D.C., on the campus of The Catholic University of America. He published a major document on the family in the modern world, Familiaris Consortio, and later, in 1994, which he proclaimed "The Year of the Family," a Letter to Families of the World.
Also significant is John Paul II's Theology of the Body, which he articulated in a long series of addresses over a period of about five years. In these talks, said Spinello, John Paul "elevated sex as our culture demeaned it. He connected it to human dignity."
Spinello, who teaches at Boston College, said the principles of Theology of the Body have resonated with many of his students. "We're familiar with the kind of lives many college students live, but they often realize it's about using others and being used. There is often an undeniable feeling that there is something wrong with all this, and Theology of the Body articulates this for them."
Another undeniable aspect of John Paul II's legacy is the great number of new saints and blesseds to whom he introduced the Church. He canonized more than 480 people and beatified more than 1,300 — more than all of the previous popes combined — from among the peoples and nations of the entire globe. (Interestingly, in May 2013, Pope Francis, just two months into his pontificate, smashed John Paul's record of number of saints canonized.)
These holy men and women will continue to stand for centuries as examples of heroic Christian living and inspirations to holiness. Less than a decade after his death, it is hard to know exactly what the ultimate legacy of St. John Paul II will be. But it is likely these five elements always will be included in future assessments.
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As you are in the combine cab, lamenting the yield loss that the drought stole from you, many folks will be thinking, "What is next?" A shortage of moisture for much of the growing season is one thing, but what are the ramifications of dry soils as we move forward. There are quite a few of those, and this is an incomplete list.
The drought has not only taken a toll on yields of row crops, small grains and pasture, but has left a negative legacy that will impact the economy for months to come, and will impact the agronomic resources of the Corn Belt for an undetermined length of time.
1. Soil Moisture
One of the first concerns is the lack of moisture going into the 2013 growing season. Currently, topsoil and subsoil moisture (pdf) resources are slim to none in the Corn Belt.
· IL: Topsoil moisture 62% very short, 29% short, 9% adequate. Subsoil moisture 75% very short, 22% short, 3% adequate.
· IN: Topsoil moisture 34% very short, 39% short, 27% adequate. Subsoil moisture 54% very short, 33% short, 13% adequate.
· IA: Topsoil moisture level is unchanged from last week at 60% very short, 31% short, 9% adequate and 0% surplus. Subsoil moisture also remains unchanged from last week at 70% very short, 26% short, 4% adequate, and 0 percent surplus.
· KS: Topsoil moisture 74% very short, 23% short, 3% adequate, 0% surplus. Subsoil moisture 73% very short, 24% short, 3% adequate, 0% surplus.
· MI: Topsoil moisture 7% very short, 25% short, 62% adequate, 6% surplus. Subsoil moisture 21% very short, 35% short, 41% adequate, 3% surplus.
· MN: Topsoil moisture 16% Very Short, 38% Short, 45% Adequate, and 1% Surplus.
· MO: Topsoil moisture 90% very short, 9% short, 1% adequate. Subsoil moisture supply 90% short, 9% short, 1% adequate.
· NE: Topsoil moisture 69% very short, 28% short, 3% adequate. Subsoil moisture 69% very short, 27% short, 4% adequate.
· ND: Topsoil moisture 15% very short, 46% short, 38% adequate, 1% surplus. Subsoil moisture 15% very short, 47% short, 37% adequate, 1% surplus.
· OH: Topsoil moisture 29% very short, 39% short, 32% adequate, 0% surplus.
· SD: Topsoil moisture 51% very short, 30% short, 19% adequate. Subsoil moisture 56% very short, 27% short, 16% adequate, 1% surplus.
· WI: Topsoil moisture 23% very short, 39% short, 37% adequate, and 1% surplus.
With soil moisture levels low, some areas will need to collect 6-10 in. of precipitation over the fall and winter to get back to normal. In all likelihood that is possible to collect that much, but force of the rain and the degree to which the ground is frozen will limit the potential for success. While snow will melt more slowly and have a greater chance of being absorbed, an uneven distribution of the snow will cause spot shortages.
2. Fall Tillage
Many fields will have a chisel plow in operation close behind the combine trying to break up any compaction and begin burying cornstalks for degradation and disease elimination. But with dry weather, will the soil work smoothly or turn up in chunks that will create havoc with creating a good seedbed in the spring? That issue has a wide variety of answers, and will depend on the extent of any precipitation, whether there is any moisture left in the soil, and the soil type.
University of Illinois crop production specialist Emerson Nafzigersays so far the soil is working satisfactorily, and he says he is not surprised. "Tillage last fall and field operations this year all took place when soils were relatively dry, so there has been little of the compaction that normally results from heavy equipment on moist soils. While rainfall does not really cause much compaction – it simply can't produce the high weight loads needed – it does cause surface soils to run together to form a hard surface that often means more water running off slopes. So expect soils to be mellower than normal during fall tillage, and match the tillage operation, if any is needed, to this condition."
3. Cover crop for moisture and nitrogen preservation
How much of your applied nitrogen was used by the corn, or not-used by the corn and may still remain in the soil? If any remains, the rain you are hoping for may leach the N out of the soil and it is lost to you. Many producers will be planting a cover crop this fall to collect the N and recycle it to the next crop when the cover crop is plowed under. Nafziger says the soybeans following corn will use the nutrient, but he said it is hard to determine what left over nitrogen will be hanging around for use by second year corn. That is supported by University of Wisconsin research (pdf), which addresses cover crops after a drought, "One benefit of planting cover crops after corn silage, small grain, or a processing vegetable crop, or after a manure application is that the cover crop can take up residual nitrate and reduce the risk of nitrate leaching between harvest and planting. Other benefits of cover crops include reduction in soil erosion and weed suppression." While one federal program to finance cover crop planting expired last week, others have been announced, which may be available at FSA or NRCS offices.
There are myriad cover crops, from grasses that establish quickly and trap nitrates to brassicas, such as radishes, turnips and other that have other benefits. The N taken up by a cover crop is cycled back into the soil during the decomposition of the plant biomass. The release of N into the soil is, in-part, a function of the carbon to nitrogen (C:N) ratio of the plant material, according to the Wisconsin research. For more information about planting cover crops and their benefits, consult the Midwest Cover Crop Council.
4. Soil testing after a drought
All summer you were convinced your corn was displaying symptoms of a lack of P and K, but were always told it was a result of the drought, and the lack of moisture uptake prevented adequate absorption of P and K for the benefit of the corn stalk. After crops come out of the field, you will be able to take the soil tests you thought were needed, but unfortunately, fertility researchers at Iowa State University will tell you that the soil tests will also show results that stem from the drought. The Iowa State researchers advise that, "No matter the option used to estimate grain or biomass P and K concentrations, there is a great deal of uncertainty and variability concerning drought effects. Depending on moisture availability during different portions of the growing season, there could be relatively more or less grain dry matter production than nutrient uptake and translocation from vegetative plant parts to the grain, which would result in lower or higher concentrations, respectively."
The problem with P & K measurement is the fact that dry soils do not give adequate measurement because the lack of rainfall has prevented certain salts in the topsoil to leach out, and it is difficult to interpret the readings provided by a soil testing company. They advise to wait until the soil has better moisture resources before taking a soil sample. An alternative is to compute the amount of P and K removed from the field by the grain and/or biomass that you may have harvested. "For example, values from PM 1688 for corn grain are 0.375 lb P2O5/bu and 0.30 lb P2O/bu; and for soybean grain values are 0.80 lb P2O5/bu and 1.5 lb K2O/bu."
There is also a problem with good soil testing after a drought, according to the Iowa State fertility specialists, which is difficulty in controlling the sampling depth in dry soil, and particularly dealing with the powdery soil at the upper layer of the profile.
The drought will result in many issues that farmers typically can avoid during a more regular year. However, there will be both challenges and opportunities that result from the change, whether it be in tillage or nutrient management. There obviously are many more such issues, and they will be explored as they are identified.


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The contents of the plan may vary depending on the prior contact that the applicant may have had with the faculty and the extent to which he/she is acclimated to the demands of a doctoral program and the expectations of future faculty in the CSU. Detailed instructions can be found in the CDIP application form.
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- applicant's potential to succeed as a doctoral student and be hired as a CSU tenure-track instructional faculty (particularly important for professional and/or online doctoral degree program applicants);
- applicant's experience and motivation relevant to educating a diverse student body in the CSU.
References should include the referee's name, address, e-mail, and telephone number. One of the three letters must be from the applicant's CSU Faculty Mentor, which should also describe the Mentor's approach to mentoring graduate students and, if available, successes with guiding past students through their doctoral education and faculty job search. If the applicant is currently enrolled in a doctoral program, one of the other letters must be from a faculty member at that institution.
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Calgary Flames: 6 — Boyd (2), Bourque [GWG], Phaneuf, Iginla (2)
Edmonton Oilers: 1 — Gagner
For 28 years, neither the Calgary Flames, nor the Edmonton Oilers have managed to sweep the season series… until now! The Flames managed a six game season sweep over the "debacle of monumental proportions" in copper & blue, after a nine game winless skid of their own.
Just over a month ago (Dec. 28), we witnessed Slumpbuster, the tale of the ugly girl at the bar. Tonight – Slumpbuster II, baby. There's no way to be certain if the Flames have actually figured things out or not. Not until they play an NHL calibre team because this Oiler team is embarassingly bad. Like to the point where rival fans feel sorry for Oil fans. And just think… they have 29 more games to go. They've got ONE win in their last 21 games. That translates to just under four wins over a whole season. FOUR WINS! So how exactly we're supposed to assess the Flames after playing them, I'm not sure. But the positives continue to grow and the negatives continue to shrink. And damn it, I want to believe that my team has finally figured it out and is on the road to recovery. It's been a long time since we celebrated a victory, Nation. January 9th to be exact. So here's to an eight game win streak heading into the Olympic break.
- Dustin Boyd had a 3 point night with 2G, 1A playing on a line with Jarome Iginla & Mikael Backlund for the second game in a row.
- Iginla had a 'Gordie Howe hat-trick' and then some, with 2G, 2A and a fight with Oilers D Sheldon Souray. His assist on Bourque's goal was his 900th career point.
- Souray fractured his hand in the fight with Iginla, pootentially spoiling any chance the Oilers had of unloading his contract this season.
- Backlund notched an assist for his 2nd point in 3 games since being re-called. He hasn't looked out of place, in my opinion .
- Mark Giordano had another strong game, with an assist and an early tilt with Shawn Horcoff.
- Rene Bourque closes out the season series against the Oil with 6G, 12PTS.
Read our friend Pat Steinberg's thoughts on the win here because we like him.
And check out what it must feel like to cheer for the Oil over at the competition.
The Philadelphia Flyers visit "The 'Dome" Monday @ 7:30 mt (Sportsnet, FAN960), and we'll see if the positives over the past few games continue to grow. The Flyers have fought their way back to respectability since John Stevens' dismissal and currently sit in 6th place in the Eastern Conference with 57 points, while the Flames currently sit in 8th place in the Western Conference with 62 points.
As January closes out, we'd like to announce that February will see the FlamesNation debut of a Calgary radio personality, as he/she joins the team and begins writing here.


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Wednesday, June 17, 1914. R.P.I. celebrates its 90th anniversary today by graduating 89 students and hosting the semi-annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, The Record reports.
It's a busy day for president Palmer C. Ricketts, who welcomes the engineers at the Pittsburgh building before presiding over the commencement exercises. He's joined at the Pittsburgh by Mayor Cornelius F. Burns, who describes Troy as a city "in line with the improvement characterizing all up-to-date municipalities."
Introducing the mayor, Prof. William P. Mason tells delegates that they'll "find Troy a good city to meet in and the mayor a pretty good mayor, as we Trojans already know."
Ricketts finds it "particularly appropriate that the American Institute of Chemical Engineers should select Troy, the cradle of the engineering profession, as its place of meeting.
"It was not very long ago when chemical engineering was practically unrecognized. That branch of study has been given particular attention at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the faculty and trustees took pardonable pride in directing attention to what has been accomplished here."
The chemical engineers add to the festivity of the day by marching from the Rensselaer Hotel to the Pittsburgh building for this morning's reception.
Today's commencement speaker is the state education commissioner Dr. John Houston Finley. He sees the graduates as the pioneers of the 20th century.
"The ax and the plough, the rifle and the saddle, have carried us through the days of the simple life, through democracy's heroic period, into more complex if not more strenuous days, [as] we are constantly reminded by those who see our golden age behind us," Finley says.
"Even the Indian has assumed the similitude of the garb and manners of the university graduate. There are no frontiersmen, for frontier has become as center, the marches as the capital. So we are told by those who have eyes to see the external things only, but whose imagination has not discerned the spirit that is in men."
The frontiersman of 1913 "are the men of the lens and the meter; men of the balance and the crucible; men of the magnet and spectrum; of the syllogism; of the equation." They're explorers of "the forests of the land of thought … a territory for the most part intangible and invisible but not the less real for all that, and there need be no congress to consider the conservation of its resources, for they are as infinite as the mind of man." The new pioneers are blazing trails "to widen every man's estate who has the energy and courage and the self-denial to follow into that land."
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ArticleAnaheim Ducks winger Bobby Ryan was suspended two games by the NHL for stomping on the skate of Nashville defenseman Jonathon Blum in Game 2 of the Western Conference quarterfinal series Friday night in Anaheim, the league announced Saturday.
This is a major blow for our top line! :cry: Hopefully we can pull together through it like we did during Getzlaf's time out. Go Ducks!


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In an age often (though problematically) called "Neoclassical," the idea of the classic was never taken for granted. In this course we'll look at the way English writers between 1660 and 1819 wrangled over the political, aesthetic, and scholarly issues emerging from a new canon of ancient, Renaissance, and modern classics. Readings will include Aristotle's
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CHICAGO, Ill. (Jan. 4, 2013) – The Chicago Fire announced its full 2013 MLS preseason training camp schedule Friday ahead of the club's 16th MLS season. Fire players will arrive at Toyota Park on Friday, Jan. 18 and undergo two days of medical exams before departing for the first leg of the club's preseason camp on Sunday, Jan. 20 in Ave Maria, Fla. During the 10-day training camp on the campus of Ave Maria University, the Fire will take part in preseason friendlies against Florida Gulf Coast University on Sunday, Jan. 27 at 3:00 p.m. CT before heading to the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. to take on the Columbus Crew on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 10:00 a.m. CT.
The Fire will then head to Ventura, Calif. from Feb. 2-10 for the second leg of preseason. The Men in Red will close out their time on the West Coast with a match against the 2012 MLS Supporters Shield winners San Jose Earthquakes at Oxnard College with date and time to be determined.
For the third straight year, the Fire will close out preseason from Feb. 13 – 24 in Charleston, S.C. as part of the 2013 Carolina Challenge Cup where they will face 2012 MLS Cup Finalists Houston Dynamo, 2012 USL Pro Champions Charleston Battery and fellow MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
Tickets for the 2013 Carolina Challenge Cup are available at (843) 971-GOAL (4625) or www.charlestonbattery.com. Information on preseason match livestreams on Chicago-Fire.com will be released at a later date.
The Fire will host the New England Revolution for Opening Day at Toyota Park on Saturday, March 9. The Men in Red will begin their 16th season on the road the previous week when they visit two-time defending MLS Cup Champions LA Galaxy at the Home Depot Center on Sunday, March 3.
Chicago Fire Season Tickets and #cf97withdrawals Winter Packs, which give fans the opportunity to witness the Men in Red in action on Opening Day while donning the four Fire hats and four pairs of Fire gloves included in the pack, are available by calling 1-888-MLS-FIRE, via Ticketmaster or by heading to the club's official website at www.Chicago-Fire.com.
See below the club's full 2013 preseason schedule.
January 18-19: Players arrive at Toyota Park for physicals
January 20: First team travels to Ave Maria, Fla.
January 21-30: First Team trains in Ave Maria, Fla.
Sunday, January 27 – Chicago Fire vs. Florida Gulf Coast University – 3:00 p.m. CT
Wednesday, January 30 – Chicago Fire vs. Columbus Crew – Time TBD – IMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla.
January 30: First Team returns to Chicago
February 2-10: First Team trains in Ventura, Calif.
Wednesday, February 6 - Opponent TBD
Chicago Fire vs. San Jose Earthquakes – Time and date TBD – Oxnard College, Oxnard, Calif.
February 10: First Team returns to Chicago
February 13-24: First Team trains in Charleston, S.C. as part of 2013 Carolina Challenge Cup
Saturday, February 16 – Chicago Fire vs. Houston Dynamo – 4:00 p.m. CT – Blackbaud Stadium
Wednesday, February 20 – Chicago Fire vs. Charleston Battery – 6:15 p.m. CT – Blackbaud Stadium
Sunday, February 24 – Chicago Fire vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC – 4:00 p.m. CT – Blackbaud Stadium
February 26: Training begins in Chicago
March 3: MLS First Kick: Chicago Fire at LA Galaxy, Time TBD
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|Credit card pager apparatus
|Portable information record medium having liquid crystal and photoconductive layers
|Display apparatus
|Magnetophoresis type display and graphic input/output device using the same
|Magnetic display panel
|Construction of an epid bar graph
|Wall-hanging type magnetic displaying device
|Electro-visual indicators
|February, 1992
a substantially rectangular flat card including first magnetic data storage means for storing information including value data including a first value, and means for displaying said first value; said first value representing an operating limit for said vending machines, said means for displaying said first value including a magnetically controllable non-volatile display storage means having a transparent front window and an opaque background, said display storage means being controllable by externally applied magnetic fields for replacing said first value with a second value.
The present invention generally relates to plastic payment cards for copy machines, telephones, parking and passenger tickets, credit cards, electronic games, bank teller machines, social services payment card, hotel services payment card, laundry machines, vending, gambling machines and other application in which the user would like to know or should always know the balance of the value still available for use. Present cards use a magnetic stripe to record the balance of money after the purchase from the vending machine or after the last financial transaction. Some vending machines allow to read the balance prior to use. In many applications users find these cards inconvenient to use since there is no visual record on the card of the latest transaction or the current balance of the card.
`Plastic` cards with one or more magnetic stripes are used for recording of financial transactions or identification of the user of services. Typically, these cards are made of plastic material less than 1 mm thick, 85 mm long and 54 mm wide, `Plastic` money cards replace coins, tokens and paper money and thus eliminate the need to carry exact change for services. These cards have no means for recording of a transaction information in a human readable form.
Object of this invention is to provide means for recording human readable information on special areas of plastic money cards, credit cards and smart cards used in vending and automatic teller machines.
It is another object of the invention to provide means for erasing human readable magnetically recorded information and writing new human readable magnetically recorded information on the same special area of cards.
A thin layer of magnetic display film, which changes the light reflection property between more and less light reflective state upon application of suitable magnetic field, is embedded in a plastic card. When the card is inserted in a machine control device or the like an electromagnet changes the magnetic film and thus its light reflection property. The recorded information is stored until it is changes by application of a different magnetic field.
In the machine control device electromagnets comprise the write/erase head. When the card positioning mechanism moves the magnetic display film of the card under the write/erase head, the energized write/erase head erases the present contents and records new information on the magnetic display film. The simplest write/erase head consists of one electromagnet for the write and one electromagnet for the erase function. Such a head could record distinctive reflective states on different parts of the magnetic display film by changing the reflective states in patterns according to the value to be recorded. Portions of the film may be designated for different amounts of monetary unit and fractions of it. For example: combinations of dots for 1, 2, 5, and 10 with fractions of 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, could make up to 20.00. In case where absolute accuracy is not required, a bargraph recording would be implemented. A preprinted scale would serve as a reference to the recorded length of the bar on the magnetic display film. The length of the bar would be in proportion with the value recorded on the magnetic display film.
Write/erase head of more complexity would comprise 5 electromagnets with U and I shaped cores for write function and one electromagnet with core for the erase function. A write portion of the write/erase head would record numbers in human readable seven segment shapes.
Another yet more complex write/erase head would comprise 7 or more electromagnets and one elongated shape erase electromagnet. Write electromagnets would be assembled in a column so that when energized they would form a matrix pattern of shapes on a magnetic film when the card would move under the head. Using such an improved write/erase head, characters of different alphabets and graphic symbols could be formed on the magnetic film.
It is still another object of this invention to provide for a new type of plastic payment card which in combination with a new type of teller machine could simplify the distribution of monetary funds to large groups people, simplify the process of the payment process and the use of features in amusement parks.
The preferred embodiment of the payment card described herein comprises a plastic card or the like including embossed information, a magnetic stripe for storing information and having embedded a thin magnetic field sensitive film which can be read by visual inspection. The apparatus for handling the payment card includes a write/erase head for the magnetic film, a microcontroller, a display, card position control with position sensors, a read/write head (R/W head hereafter) for magnetic stripe to store data, keyboard and the hard handling mechanism with sensors. Existing vending machines, service counter equipment and cash registers could easily be upgraded with this invention and thus make the plastic payment cards more acceptable to the public.
The directly readable information stored in the embedded magnetic film contains information on the service one can obtain using the card. This value may be expressed in a numerical dollar value, a bargraph representation of the value, the number of time the card may be used before new authorization or entitlement has to be acquired. To visually readable redeemable service value may be coded or may be made unreadable unless a certain status is reached. Such a status may be a minimum value before exhaustion of the useable value. Such a procedure has to be followed by the control processor handling the payment card during a transaction. The display of the value under a set limit just makes the user aware that action has to be taken to increase the potential transaction value in applications were it is not desired to disclose the actual useable transaction value. The minimum value may be programmed on the normal magnetic strip whenever the potential transaction value of the payment card is increased. The processor of the service machine can read that information and activate the magnetic display film accordingly.
FIG. 1 is a view of a credit card with a magnetic film in the middle of its left side.
FIG. 2 is a view of a plastic payment card with a magnetic display film in the lower right hand corner.
FIG. 3 is a view of a plastic payment card with multiple magnetic stripes and magnetic display film.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view 23-24 of a plastic payment card of FIG. 2 with a magnetic display film embedded in it.
FIG. 5 is a cross-section of a plastic payment card with embedded magnetic display film and a section of the energized write/erase head influencing orientation of tiny magnets.
FIG. 6a is an illustration of the work area of the write/erase head.
FIG. 6b is an illustration of a seven segment numerical character eight.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the write section of the write/erase head.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the erase section of the write/erase head.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram of the logic blocks that control the positioning of the plastic payment card, write, erase, and read functions together with functional parts of existing vending machine.
FIG. 1 is an illustration of a typical credit card 2 with the magnetic display film 1, hologram picture 3 on its front side and magnetic stripe 4 on the back. Magnetic display film 1 is positioned so that it does not overlap with magnetic stripe 4.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the plastic money card 20 with a magnetic display film 21 in the lower right corner on the front side. Magnetic display film 21 is positioned so that it does not overlap the magnetic stripe 22 on the back of the card. FIG. 3 is an illustration of a plastic payment card 30 with magnetic display film 31 on the front side, and multiple magnetic stripes 32 and 33 on the back side. Magnetic display film 31 is positioned in the middle between stripes 32 and 33 so that it does not overlap them. Scale 34 is a reference for the recorded value in bargraph format. For example, bar 35 represents recorded value of about $6.5O on scale between 0 and 10.
The recorded information, credit or monetary amount is easily readable on the magnetic display films of the plastic cards shown on FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.
In all three cases above, the position of erase/write head 60 (see FIG. 6a) in teller or vending machines or the like is such that permanent magnetism does not destroy magnetic recordings on magnetic stripes 4, 22, 32, and 33 accidentally if cards 2, 20, and 30 are inserted improperly.
FIG. 4 is a magnified view of a cross-section of a plastic payment card 20 (see FIG. 2). Plastic card 20 has a magnetic display film 21 embedded in it. Magnetic film 21 comprises a Mylar film 40 coated with microscopic magnets 41 encapsulated in oil bubbles where they float freely. Tiny bubbles are molded on a film 40 typically 0.15 mm (0.006") thick. When the information is written into the magnetic film 21, tiny magnets 41 align themselves with the magnetic lines of force. This action affects the way the light is reflecting from the aligned tiny magnets therefore changing the color or intensity of the reflected light. In FIG. 4 groups of tiny magnets 42 and 41 had previously been aligned by magnetic force and therefore reflect the light differently. Background area 43 between card 20 and magnetic film 21 is colored in contrast to the color of tiny magnets 41 and 42 for a better reading.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional illustration of an electromagnet comprised of coil 51, core 52 and lead wires 56. Mylar film 40 with tiny magnets 53 and 54 is embedded in a plastic payment card 20. Coil 51 is connected with wires 56 to write/erase logic 98 (FIG. 9). Prior to recording the erase electromagnet of write/erase head orients all tiny magnets in one direction (erase direction). The magnetic field from the coil 51 through core 52 aligns tiny magnets 53 in the immediate area under the core 52 from their erase direction. Light reflection from the magnets 53 is different from the magnets 54 therefore leaving a human readable record on the magnetic film.
In FIG. 6a head 60 comprises five write electromagnets 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, with their respective cores 68c, 68b, 68d, 68e, and 68a, and one erase electromagnet 66. Write electromagnets with their cores 68a, 68b, 68c, 68d, and 68e form five segments in an `E` like arrangement so that a specific pattern is formed when the controlled electric current is applied to them. As the card mechanism moves a card as card 20 of FIG. 2 with magnetic display film 21 under write/erase head 60, the magnetic field from the energized write or erase electromagnets affect orientation of tiny magnets. In a first operation magnetic stripe 4 is read to verify the card while magnetic film 21 is erased for subsequent write. In the following operation the information is simultaneously written to magnetic display film 21 with the write/erase head 60 and to magnetic stripe 22 with the R/W head 97b (see FIG. 9).
FIG. 6b shows a seven segment display pattern forming number `eight` shape with its commonly accepted segment designations a, b, c, d, e, f, and g. A character is written on magnetic display film 21 in 2 time instances whereby a time instance is a step or time period during continuous motion of the card. In the first time instance segments a, d, e, f, and g are written with their corresponding electromagnets 63, 65, 62, 61, 64. In the second time instance segments b and c are written with electromagnets 61 and 62. The described process is repeated for each character position subsequently as many times as needed.
FIG. 7 Is a perspective view of a U-shaped write electromagnet such as electromagnet 61 in FIG. 6a. It comprises coil 51, ferrous core 52, and coil connecting leads 56.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an I-shaped erase electromagnet such as electromagnet 66 from FIG. 6a with erase coil 81, ferrous core 82, and coil connecting leads 83.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram of the electronic control circuit comprising microcontroller 100 (such as microcontroller 8051 from Intel, or microcontroller 6811 from Motorola respectively) which executes the microcode for interaction between the peripherals on data and control bus 91. Display 92 (such as a 1 line by 20 characters LCD, or a gas plasma display) instructs the user for necessary steps and shows the status after the action. Card position sensors 93 sense the presence of the card and interrupt microcontroller 90 which takes appropriate action. If the card is properly inserted into a vending machine it is moved by card position mechanism 94. Microcontroller 90 reads magnetic stripe 21 (FIG. 2) using R/W logic 97a and read/write head 97b. Microcontroller 90 also sends the command to write/erase logic 98 which energizes electromagnet 66 in write/erase head 60 to magnetically erase magnetic display film 21 by uniformly aligning all tiny magnets. The user directs an action through the keyboard or push buttons 96, receives the merchandise from dispensing mechanism 95b driven by dispenser control 95a. The microcontroller 90 puts a status report on the display 92. After the service is completed, microcontroller 90 gives command to the card position control 94 to move the card. While the payment card moves a new monetary value is written with R/W head 97b on the magnetic stripe 22 (FIG. 2) while write/erase head 60 makes a new human readable record on the magnetic display film 21. The card is then released for pick up by the user.
In the above preferred embodiment the magnetic stripe for recording data and the magnetic display film are separated and perform different functions, store functional control data and store direct readable balance information, respectively. It is considered to be within the scope of the artisan skilled in the art to combine the two magnetic storage into one storage having a magnetically readable and writable capability and having a direct readable capability as disclosed in the above preferred embodiment.


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HIST3400-C1 Pennsylvania History (Fall 2014)
Course Details
Course Description
About The Instructor(s)
This course satisfies part of the Communication Skills graduation requirement.
This section is Communication Skills intensive. Communication Skills I-V must be completed before taking this course.
Session, Dates: 1 (08/25/2014 - 12/13/2014)
Days: T R
Time: 09:15 - 10:30 am
Location: Moon Campus
Room: Nicholson Center 415
Seats Available: 7 Seats
Credits: 3
This course deals with the development of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from its pre-European era until today. The course emphasizes the changes and contributions which occured in Pennsylvania in the areas of politics, economics, science and culture. Throughout the course an effort will be made to link Pennsylvania's experiences to those of the American nation and the world.
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An exploding star in M74 in Pisces, discovered July 25th, remains just in reach of amateur telescopes.
|Update September 5th: Supernova 2013ej held at its peak magnitude of 12.5 for the first half of August even as it gradually reddened (or more accurately, yellowed). As of September 5th it had faded to V magnitude 13.2 and had reddened much further. See up-to-date light curve.
Messier 74 is a relatively bright (10th magnitude) spiral galaxy some 30 million light-years away. Located in Pisces, it's well up in the eastern sky by midnight or 1 a.m. as of mid-August.The supernova lies 92 arcseconds east and 135 arcseconds south of the galaxy's core. The coordinates are right ascension 1h 36m 48.16s, declination +15° 45′ 31.0″. For judging its brightness yourself, print out this ½°-wide comparison-star chart from the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO).
Spectra taken soon after the discovery show a blue continuum with distinct Balmer emission lines from hydrogen atoms that are typical of a young Type II supernova. This means the blast resulted when a single massive star collapsed inward onto its unstable core and exploded.Type II supernovae typically shine with roughly 1 billion times the Sun's luminosity for a couple of weeks. At M74's distance, that would be magnitude 11.5. However, the peak luminosities of Type II supernovae can differ by several magnitudes.
It turned out that M74 had been targeted more than once by the Hubble Space Telescope, and images taken in November 2003 and June 2005 appear to show the progenitor: a 25th-magnitude star that was particularly bright at near-infrared wavelengths and likely an M-type red supergiant before it destroyed itself.
Rubab Khan (Ohio State University) also reported that the Spitzer Space Telescope showed a candidate star in the supernova's location that (in the infrared, at least) outshines the Sun by up to 30,000 times.
Located at Lick Observatory, the KAIT telescope is a 0.76-m dedicated reflector that scans the sky each clear night for exploding stars. It revisits each of roughly 20,000 galaxies every 2 to 12 days. KAIT's singleminded searches have been highly successful: since 1998, this telescope has discovered nearly 900 supernovae.


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Food52 Review: Summer arrived here last weekend (finally!) and the Salty Poodle was the perfect cocktail to enjoy in the warm sunshine. Grapefruit is a favorite of ours, always so refreshing. NWB has created a simple drink to mix up using ingredients you most likely have on hand. My husband and I both enjoyed the bubbly-salty-sour combination of flavors. Love the name and origins of the cocktail, too! - BlueKaleRoad —BlueKaleRoad
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- Squeeze juice from the grapefruit.
- Pour a handful of salt on to a saucer. Slice lime. Run the lime around the rim of two 12 oz glasses. Coat the rim of the glasses in salt.
- Fill glasses with ice. Add half of vodka to each glass. Add grapefruit juice to taste (the amount you get from the grapefruit will vary), I like a big spalsh. Fill glass with seltzer. Add a squeeze of lime. Stir. Enjoy.
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Put this in your pipe and smoke it: Pereira & O'Dell are on Creativity's Agency A-List, in part, because of a song book that doubled up as a delivery method for your pot.
The 420-friendly tome was a promotional item for Snoop Lion, then known as Snoop Dogg, to advertise his Kingsize Slim Rolling Papers brand. Made out of the paper, the book features the rapstar's lyrics written on them, and was made entirely out of hemp materials. People actually wanted to buy what was an ad -- and Pereira brought home its first Gold Lion at Cannes last year. The book was also requested by Harvard University for its permanent collection of modern books and manuscripts.
Beyond its unique inventions, the agency more importantly continued to help redefine storytelling and branded content for the social age, with the sequel to the successful "Inside" campaign, for Toshiba and Intel. "The Beauty Inside" revolved around a young 20-something who wakes up everyday with an entirely new physical appearance -- a smart bit of writing that meant the main character could be played by just about anybody, letting the brand involve as many people as possible in the casting process. Directed by Drake Doremus (Like Crazy) the film's aesthetic had a softer tone than the thrilling "Inside," and reached 70 million views. The effort seamlessly blended entertainment, advertising and social media, setting a new standard for bringing consumers into the branding experience.
The agency also added to the creative fire of the passionate LEGO community with efforts like the "Super Hero Movie Maker,"a mobile app that let you create your own stop-motion animated movies starring the characters, to promote the brand's new DC Universe set.
Pereira also proved that it could do television, when for its new client, Mattel, it debuted a television campaign starring Scrabble letters "P," "Q," and "Blank." A set of charming commercials gave personalities to these oft- ignored squares, and the agency plans to release a documentary-style short film featuring all three characters in April.
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October 24, 1983
To: All University Employees
From: President Gail Fullerton
Subject: Holiday Vacation Schedule
This is to remind you that three of this year's holidays have been rescheduled for observance on other days, as was indicated on the orange Pay Date and Holiday Card. As a result, we will have longer periods of time off during the holidays, especially since both Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall on Sundays this year, which gives us the following Mondays off. The rescheduled days are as follows:
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This means the campus will be closed as follows:
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Christmas: December 23-24-25-26 (Friday through Monday),
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As the title of this post might suggest, there was indeed a woman behind the promotion of Thanksgiving as a national holiday. Her name was Sarah Josepha Hale and you can read the first passage about the "Thanksgiving Lady" now or, you can join in as I share the rest of the article by Mariette Bowles as found in the November 1941 issue of American Cookery Magazine.
The Honored Pumpkin Pie
I just can't end this post without including a recipe or two for Pumpkin Pie. Here are a recipe I found in a back issue of Taste of Home Magazine.
And what would the Thanksgiving Season be without a dash of whimsy? I know some of you have seen this poem before and for that I aplogize. For those of you who have not, here's a Pumpkin Pie recipe in verse form:
Pumpkin Pie
Grandmother Lord was a woman wise
And this is the way she made pumkin pie:
Wash pumpkin and cut it small,
Put into, cook in a kettle tall
So that the bubbles will not pop out
To spatter the stove all round about.
Let it bubble and boil and stew
The livelong day 'till it's brown all through;
Stirring it often, and when its done,
Make it through the colander run.
Take of molasses. half a cup,
And with 3 of pumpkin mix up:
Cup and one-half of sugar white
And salt one-half a teaspoon quite.
Mix these well, stirring does no harm--
Then ginger, cinnamon, butterwarm,
A teaspoon each of the above
To season the pies of the Yankee's love.
Then four fresh eggs and a quart of milk,
Line three round tins with pastry white.
Beat well and stir 'till as fine as silk;
Pour in your filling and bake them quite
A full half hour, 'till they're well done
Then let them cool, and sire and son
And husband and preacher and family friend
Will praise your pumpkin pies no end.
North Dakota Baptist Women Cookbook
1. Sarah Josepha Hale @ wiki (has both a picture of her and title page of the Northwood book
2. Northwood; a Tale of New England, Volume 1 By Sarah Josepha Buell Hale @ google books
3. Behind Every American Thanksgiving is a Great Woman
Additional resources and recipes can be found in Part One of this post.
1. James Beard's Pumpkin Pie With Candied Ginger


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Trey Burke at CP3 Elite Guard Camp
Spoke to Aaron Craft at the airport in Greensboro, NC today. He told me he had attended this Chris Paul guard camp in Winston Salem, NC, and said Trey had played really well there this past weekend. Seemed like a genuine kid, based on the few words he spoke with me. The camp featured the nation's best guards, and you had to be selected to attend the camp, so Congrats to Trey!
The list of attendees are here:
Also found this picture from CP3's twiter page: